Proud to be Canadian
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA
Main Street Magazine July 2009
Did you know.....?
Superman is Canadian. The original creator was Joe Shuster
In 1937 Bombardier invented the first snowmobile.
The NFL Stanley Cup was created by Lord Stanley of Preston
James K. Ganong of CANADA invented the first Chocolate bar.
Arthur Sicard invented the Snow blower.
Thomas Ahearn of CANADA invented the Electric cooking range.
The native people of Canada invented the game of lacrosse. Lacrosse is the national summer sport of Canada.
Ice hockey is the winter national sport of Canada.Five pin bowling was invented by T.E. Ryan of Toronto in 1909.Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891.
Most of the Canadian population of 33,212,692 people) (est. July 2008 live in the southern part of Canada.
The largest cities in order are; Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. (2006) Toronto - 5.5 million; Montreal - 3.6 million; Vancouver - 2.1 million
Canada's two official languages are English and French and more than 9 million Canadians speak French.
Canada is considered one of the most Ethnic blend of countries. The Ethnic groups include British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, North American Indian 2%, Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26% Canada is the home of over a million Aboriginal people. (2006 census)
Canada has six time zones Canada has the world's longest coastline.Canada has oceans on three sides - Pacific (west), Atlantic (east), Arctic (north).Nearly one-fourth of all the fresh water in the world is in Canada.
Canada has one-tenth of the world's forests.
The name "Canada" comes from the Huron and Iroquois word "Kanata" meaning "village".Hydroelectric power is sold to the United States.
Canada is one of the largest mining nations in the world.Canada is the third largest diamond producing nation.
